i got a front brake for my p.1 a while back, and i mis the bar spins. i've seen that some people like chase and march send the cable through the stem and steerer tube. i want to do this and was wondering if any one had info on this. how much would it cost what parts do i need?

cause you are breaking one of the wings of the star fangled nut. In order to get it tight again you would need to repress a new starfangled nut in.

That makes sense.. I've not actually bothered to look and see what the starfangled nut looks like, so I wasn't completely sure what you were referring to. Doesn't sound like such a great option in my opinion. Ditching the front brake doesn't sound too hot either.. lol. I'd just deal with the brake cables the way they are

You really don't need a starfangled nut and topcap. What you could do is use a compression plug in order to preload the headset. Then after tightening the stem clamps, you can remove the compression plug and topcap and just run the brake cable through the hollow steerer. BTW, what kind of front brake are you using? This of course works easier with discs.

So its using the stem to keep it tight? What a great idea. But what exactly is a compression plug?

A compression plug is generally used in forks with carbon fibre steerers because a starfangled nut would best be termed a star-mangling nut in such a case and would cause major damage to the inside of a CF steerer tube ultimately resulting in delamination and or cracking. They look like this:

Okay, i get it. Sound like a pretty good idea: just to use the stem to keep the steerer tight once it has been tightened using a compression plug, and then just run the cable thorugh the steerer tube. Cool, i'll remember that incase i ever turn into a DJer. Haha